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The Oregon Health Authority announced Friday morning that it will lift the state’s mask requirement for healthcare settings on April 3, ending one of the final remaining COVID-19-related public health measures still in place. According to OHA state epidemiologist Dean Sidelinger, the decision to end the mask requirement comes as the rate of circulation of the three viruses that overwhelmed some hospitals in the state late last year declines. The COVID test positivity rate in...

At a press conference in early February, Dean Sidelinger, state epidemiologist for the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), had an announcement: if the state’s respiratory illness trends continue to improve, it will likely lift its mask mandate for healthcare settings. The lifting of the mandate for healthcare settings would be another milestone in the state’s rollback of its pandemic-era public health measures—a signal that, while COVID-19 remains an active threat, it is no longer o...